Did You Know....

• 50 percent of NAHB builders incorporate green into their building practices?
  
  
• Two percent of homes built in 2006 were considered "green"? By 2010, that number will rise to an estimated ten percent of homes built?
  
  
• You can make 20 cans out of recycled material with the same amount of energy it takes to make one new one?
  
  
• 1,000 builders attended last year's Green Building Conference?
  
  
• It takes approximately 1 million years for a glass bottle to break down at the landfill?
  
  
• Across the country, there are 50 builder-directed green building programs?
  
  
• About 2,700 pounds of carbon per person per year (18% of total emissions) come from operating our homes, and most of that is from the energy used to power electrical appliances? 
  
  
• ENERGY STAR® appliances incorporate advanced technologies that use 10-50 percent less energy and water than standard models?
  
  
• Preventing 1 ton of paper waste saves between 15 and 17 mature trees?

Data compiled from NAHB and http://www.epa.gov/. [ return to top ]